Game Boy VS Game Gear: Portable Powerhouses (Metroid II & Sonic 1) | Gaming Through the Years (Patreon)

Portable gaming really took off in the early '90s, and two companies in particular led the charge. Time codes:0:00 - The State of Handheld Gaming Circa 19916:53 - Gunpei Yokoi & Nintendo R&D17:47 - Metroid II: Return of Samus18:40 - The SEGA Game Gear20:20 - Yuzo Koshiro & Ancient21:00 - Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)End Card Artwork by OcaRockaRina (Twitter)"Tennis" "Baseball" "Tetris" "Super Mario Land" "Metroid" "Metroid II: Return of Samus" © 1986, 1989, 1991 Nintendo"Sonic the Hedgehog" "Streets of Rage 2" © 1991, 1992 SEGA, Sonic Team, AncientClips from "Jurassic Park" © 1993 Universal PicturesFeaturing music by Koutarou Nakagawa, Ryoji Yoshitomi, Masato Nakamura, Yuzo KoshiroThis video exists for the sake of analysis and review and is thus protected under Fair Use.